n
n, n. later m. seim m. g
s. [seama],
IGT Decl. § 41.7
.
a rivet
:
búi Creidne cerd fri dēnam semand issna gāib,
Corm. Y 975.5
.
semind .i. sēm ō ind (s.¤ coa hinn, v.l.),
1149
(cf.
séim co hind,
LL 186a29
).
lágen mór . . . .l. semmend trethe,
LU 7702
.
scíath cróderg ro brecad do ṡemandaib findruine,
BDD² 967
.
bruth .i. s.¤ gae,
O'Dav. 197
.
bidh égcomluath
taithmiuch in druing briathar ┐ bédis tuaghnadhmann semen,
397
.
go ro lúpsatar . . . a slega ó a rennaib (sic leg.) go a semannaib,
TBC-LL¹ 3813
.
sleg . . . co cethrachait semmend i suidigud
a hindsma,
LL 237b43
(
TTr. 1551
). fidba cen ṡ. (one of three
dangerous things of which warning must be given),
Triads
172
. nī dílfa sin s.¤ saighde ort that will not repay you an arrow-rivet (i.e. you will not get the least return for it),
ZCP vi 272
§ 9
.
ro sníit a slegha da semannaib `were wrenched from their
rivets',
Manners and Customs ii 241 n
.
go cceithre seamonnaibh ag
a chomhfhosadh for an ccrann ccomhdhaingean,
CRR² 26
(78.21)
(of a croísech).
benaid semanna chleath cáol | gremanna a táobh each fá íor,
IGT Decl. ex. 1142
.
semeann .i.
seamanna, no tairrngeadha beaga bhios tré chro sleighe, no
ga isin gcrann aga ndaingniughadh re aroile,
O'Cl.
a nail
:
dearg a throigh i dtarrla an s.¤
,
Dán Dé xxvi 7
.
Fig. of people
:
budh anbhfann dóibh greim an ghlais | is a sheim óir 'na fhéagmhais 'weak will they find the grip of the lock since its golden rivet is wanting',
Giolla Brighde 22 § 1
(on death of Gormfhlaith, daughter of Domhnall Mór). Hence a supporter, follower
(?):
semend .i. laoch, ut est
cét semenn cotnoi .i. is dé dlegar tobach for Luighne dontí
cométas cét laoch nó cét ceile nó cet gaisgedhach,
O'Dav.
1437
. Cf.
semanna .i. cumdach no dín; no semanda .i. ceile
no rath,
O'Curry 2064
(
H 4.22, 66b
) (i.e. a man's vassals and stock
are `rivets' to him, Plummer MS. notes).
is ē crō randtar ar
līn semmann: trīan do crū deirbfine . . . ┐ trīan donaib flaithib
. . . ┐ trīan don tslūagh nodsaig leo-sum,
Ériu i 215.9
.
Compds.
¤chló a rivet, a spike
:
sect semann-clui uriarainn
co remet medoinmeoir miledh in cach s. arna sadudh . . . tre
cro-innsma gacha craisigi,
CCath. 5308
-
9
. ?
¤chrann: dia
gelgae airgide ┐ di semcrand (sic leg.) snasai indib de credumae
`two smooth riveted shafts',
RC xii 60 § 16
.
¤fhoebrach:
an
cú glan seamfhaobhrach seang,
DDána 112.11
(: ghearrshaoghlach).
¤laigen a riveted lance
:
cona semonnlaighnibh
siothfoda slinnlethna,
Hugh Roe 142.11
.
¤lúbtha with bent
rivets:
slega . . . seamlúpta,
MR 238.26
.